Machine for reeling or spooling wire and the like.



E. MYETTE.

MACHINE FOR REELING 0R SPOOLING WIRE AND THE LiKE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18-, I917. mggg w Patented July 10, 1917.-

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mmfim EMANUEL MYETTE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

MACHINE FOR REE'LING- OR SPOOLING WIRE AND THE LIKE.

Application filed January 18, 1917. c SerialNo. 143,101.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMANUEL MYETTE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have'invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines forReeling or Spooling Wire and the like, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inmachines for reeling or spooling wire and the like, and the primaryobject thereof is toprovide a machine of this character which embodiesimproved means for effecting-automatic slowing up of the movement of thelaying means upon increase of the diameter of the reel or spool uponwhich the wire is being laid.

Further, the invention aims to provide means for the purpose abovementioned, which is certain and positive in its action, and which isdevoid of parts subject to be coming easily rendered inoperative orinefficient in action. 7

Still further, the invention aimsto provide means which is compactlyorganized and of simple economical structure to attain the purposementioned.

Further and other objects will be later herein set forth and manifestedin the course of the following description.

In the drawings Figure l is a side elevation of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a section online 3--3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a rear end elevation of the worm 4 which rides on the lastcoil of wire being wound is pivoted at 5 to an arm 6 forming part of theworm nut which latter is supported on a worm shaft 7 The follower 4 Thas a roller 8 mounted on its rear end. The

- mounted on a shaft 17, the latter being journaled in suitable uprights18 borne by the base 1. Mounted on the shaft 17 is a cone pulley-19which drives a cone pulley 20, the

latter being reversely related to the cone pulley 19, through the mediumof an endless belt 21. Cone pulley 20 is mounted on a shaft 22 whichlatter has a pulley 23 on its outer end over which is trained an endlessbelt 24, the latter engaging a pulley 25 mounted on the bobbin shaft 26.A second pulley 27 is mounted on the bobbin shaft 26 and derives powerfrom the belt 28 trained thereover, which latter in turn derives powerfrom any suitable source.

Mounted in suitable guides 30 formed in the standards 9 is a slidingWeighted frame 31 which frame is formed with a longitudinal opening 32through which the roller 8 of the finger follower 4 loosely projects,and connected to the lower end of the frame is one end of a chain orcord 33 which is trained over pulleys 34, 35 and 36 and connected at itsopposite end to a suitable belt shipper 37. This belt shipper is shownas embodying a member slotted to receive the belt I 21 so as to ship thebelt either to the right or left by engagement with the opposite sidesof the belt 21, as is manifest.

The opposite end of the belt shipper is connected to one end of a cordor chain 38 which latter is trained over a pulley 39 and is tensioned inany suitable manner, as for instance by the weight 40.

.Arranged in overlying relation to the worm shaft 7 is a guide formed oftwo spaced horizontal members 41 which are spaced apart and preferablyset on edge so as to engage the wire W and support the same, andreceived in the space between the guides 41 area pairof verticallyextending guide fingers 42, which latter are mounted on a nut 43 whichreceives the worm 7 The .nut 13 supports arm 6 and is formed with belt28 which drives the bobbin shaft 26 and V therewith the bobbin 3* and atthe'same time drives the belt 24. The belt 24 drives the pulley 23 'of'the shaft 22', and the latter by -'v1rtue of carrying the lower cone andthrough the medium of the belt '21 drives the upper cone 19 andtherewith shaft 17, and since shaft 17 has -'apulley 16 thereon, ithelatter drives the belt 15 and pulley 1 1 engaged with belt 15. Thepulley 1 1 being mounted 'onthe stub shaft 13, the latter carrying thegear 12, it will be seen that since-thegear-12 meshes with the gear 11and the latter meshes withthe gear 10 of worm. shaft-1 7, the worm shaftis consequen-tly rotated and the latter, through the nut 43 effectsmovement of' the follower fingerj. When now the layers on the bobbin 3increase and the diameter of the lat- .ter is thus accordingly increasedit will be Q seen that thef'ollower finger twill be moved V on roller8,-the framewill be raised pulling so as to effectaf slower motion ofthe worm shaft as the diameter of the spool or bobbin outwardly by eachsucceeding layer of wire causing the roller 8 of thefinger to be raisedand since the weight frame 31 rests on the chain 33, so as to move theshipper 37am therethrough belt 21', so as to control thespeedf of theworm shaft 7 accordingly 3: increases. When the dog 53 of nut 43 reachesthe ends of the worm 7 it will be seenitha-t this dog will ride from theleft hand thread into the right hand thread by reason of the curved:grooves which act to effect this transference of the dog, consequentlythe dog will be reciprocated along I 4.,

the length of the worm 7' so as to cause corresponding' movement of thefollower finger/f, and. therewith movement of the fingets 12, whichlatter effect proper laying of the wire.-

"Having thus described my invention,

'- what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is "1. Ina machine of thetype set forth, a bobbin shaft, reciprocating means tolay the wire on thebobbin, a follower finger engageable with the wire onthe bobbin and I pivoted to the laying means, guides, a

weighted frame slidabl'e vertically in the guides and having alongitudinal opening through which the inner orrear end of the ment ofthe shipper by the movements of the frame.

the-drive of the laying means.

follower finger slidably projects so as to support the frame, upper andlower reversed cones, abelt connecting said cones, variable speed meansto drive the laying means from one of the cones, means to drive thebobbin shaft and the other cone, a shipper for the belt, means totension the shipper, and means connecting the weighted frame and theshipper for effecting move- 2. In combination with a bobbin shaft, andabobbin thereon to receive wire orthe l'ike,'a sli-dable weighted framehaving an elongated opening, means to drive the shaft, means to lay thewire on'thebobbin, variable speed control means to drive the layingmeans, follower engageable with the wire and having a part projectingthrough and slidable in said opening of the frame and" supporting thelatter, variable means to drive the laying means, and means controlled"by the vertical movements of the weighted frame to vary the movement of3. In combination with a bobbin and a drive therefor, laying means,variable speed control means to d-rlve the laying means,

weighted means to control the variable and reciprocating laying means,pivoted means engageabl'e with the material wound on the bobbin andmovable by the increase of diameter of the material, a variable speed 7drive" for the l'ayingmeans, and means controlled by the movements ofthe pivoted means to effect control of the-variable speed drive. 7

5; In combination with a bobbin drive, and laying means, a variablespeed drive for the laying means, tensioned means for varying the speeddrive of said means, weighted means connected to the tensioned means,and a pivoted follower engageable with the material wound on the bobbinand 118 with the weighted means to move the latter against the tensionof the tensioning means.

6: In combination with a bobbin drive, and laying means, a variablespeed drive for thelaying means, including a belt ship- 120 per, meansto tension the shipper, a slidable weighted frame connected to theshipper to move the same against the tension of said tensioning means,said weighted frame having a longitudinal" slot. and means 7 controlledby the increase in diameter of the material wound on the bobbin andslidable through said slot of the frame to raise the latter.

7. In combination with a bobbin drive,

laying means, a variable speed drive therefor, Weighted means to controlthe variable speed drive, and means slidably associated With theWeighted means to raise the latter name to this specification in thepresence of tWo subscrlblng Witnesses.

EMANUEL MYETTE.

and being controlled by the diameter of the Witnesses: material Wound onthe bobbin. ADA E. HAGERTY,

In testimony whereof I have signed my J. A. MILLER.

flopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C."

